Curiosity Doughnuts

Curiosity Doughnut is accurately named. It truly is a curiosity — and here’s why. To start with, this could possibly be the best doughnut shop I’ve ever stuffed my face in. They don’t just stick to one kind of doughnut — they master them all. You’ll find yeast-raised classics like Vanilla Yeasted and Chocolate Yeasted, cake-style beauties like Feather Cakes and Super Cakes, and their phenomenal apple cider doughnuts. On top of that, they experiment with sourdough, brioche, panettone, and even challah-based doughnuts, creating textures and flavors I’ve never seen anywhere else. Basically, it’s doughnut heaven. Today a fellow customer recommended I try the Pineapple Dream. It’s not a doughnut I would have chosen on my own, but the customer was so enthusiastic that I took the chance — and he was right. Absolutely spectacular. The other curiosity about Curiosity Doughnuts is how perfectly and efficiently this place is run. The staff is incredibly friendly and knowledgeable, and there’s even a no-tipping policy — they believe great service should simply come standard. The real curiosity is that you rarely come up against perfect perfection. And that’s exactly what they’re serving up here.

Hands down the best doughnuts I’ve ever had! Dough is perfect! They have so many flavors that it’s hard to choose and ALL of them are tastefully done. Not over sweet like many others out there. Customer service was great as well. The man who I’m assuming is the owner or pastry chef/baker is like the mad scientist of doughnuts and was more than happy to get into details about flavors and how to keep them in the event there are leftovers. I got a bakers dozen with the plan to sample as many as I could and we ended up cleaning the box out in one night. lol. I saved one for my morning coffee today, briefly popped into the microwave per recommendation…and it is still fresh and delicious! They were THAT good. In my opinion….There is no competition. You can tell they have a real passion for it and it shows. Definitely going to be a regular stop! Highly recommended 🙌🏼

These doughnuts are AMAZING! I visited Curiosity Doughnuts for the first time after a recommendation. I tried a variety of doughnuts/ flavors. I loved the glazed flavored ones as well as the original vanilla-glazed glazed. The dough was perfect! (FEB 2025) I will say- that you should eat these donuts the same day because I noticed a couple of hours after purchasing that the texture of the dough started to change — still good! But I don’t think they would have been as good the next day. UPDATE— OCT 2025 (Pro tip I discovered 8 months later 🤣). If you order a bunch of doughnuts, pop them in the refrigerator (trust me). When you’re ready to eat, let them sit out at room temp—no reheating needed. They’ll taste just like you picked them up fresh, even hours later. You’re welcome lol. If your are traveling from the city of Philly — it could be a haul of a drive but it’s well worth it!!!! I highly recommend this place!!!!!

First of all the doughnuts are GREAT! Every single doughnut has great ingredients and is cooked perfectly. The customer service is also amazing. Overall 5 stars all around! One of the best spots I know of!

I absolutely love donuts. Their donuts are no exception. In fact, they may be some of the best donuts I’ve ever had. Absolutely delicious and worth the hour drive to get them.

Insane breakfast sandwich, the bread is incredible and the whole thing is delicious. The doughnuts are amazing! This place was worth the drive out of the city, I will be back

Delicious donuts! There are so many to choose from so I recommend getting the full rundown of what they have to offer before making your selection. It pays to go early for the best selection. Tried a focaccia for the first time from them and unsurprisingly it’s incredible as well.

Update 2025: The crazy long lines are gone, but the crazy good donuts are not - they are still stark raving amazing. Good breakfast sandwiches served up hot and a little messy. The inside of the shop is well done. A great place to sit and enjoy your food - well worth your time if you have it. Are these my favorite doughnuts? Hmmmm. I don't know. They are too sweet for me, making them a once-in-awhile thing. 2023 review: Unique and tasty. The wait is long on the weekends and they sell out quick. Therefore, we didn't get flavors that we loved. The donuts are very sweet - a bit too sweet for me. They are not cheap:$47 a dozen. Ouch. Worth it? Not so sure.

After learning the history of the team behind Curiosity Doughnuts and trying them for myself this weekend, I'm very surprised to see only 35 reviews for the best doughnut shop I've ever been to. My husband is a huge fanboy of the owners who created the blog Ideas in Food, which was one of the first and early blogs that focused on science backed explanations of cooking methods. In his words, culinary royalty opened a doughnut shop in Furlong, PA. Knowing the background, I expected nothing short of amazing doughnuts..... and they truly lived up to the hype. Each and every doughnut we tried was amazing. The dough was moist, pillowy, perfectly fried and chewy. The frostings had incredible depth of flavor, rich and saturated berry glazes topped many of the offerings. Really, these doughnuts are nothing short of incredible. We went on a Saturday around 11am. It's about a 1.5 hour drive from NYC and I HIGHLY suggest making it a day trip. Come pick up a bakers dozen and do some antique shopping in New Hope. Worth every penny, this is doughnut artistry. Pickup a loaf of sourdough while you're at it.

Legitimately among the best in the world. Having lived in NYC for 6 years and tried an obscene amount of donuts/bakeries, Curiosity Donuts is more incredible than we deserve here in Bucks County. If you rate this place less than 5 stars... skill/IQ issue. Avoid showing up late - people know they're great and they sell out. 10/10 donuts. Must-go.

Curiosity Doughnuts is awesome. It was Hanukkah so wanted Sufganiyah and man their blueberry bomb jelly donuts surpassed imagination. The doughnut was light, fluffy and packed with an incredible blueberry filling. For good measure, I also had a Boston Cream and plain glaze. The place is cute and folks are friendly. Run don't walk to Curiosity Doughnuts!

These doughnuts donuts are different from your normal ones. The yeast tastes more like a sourdough starter as opposed to the normal instant yeast. The cake texture is more chewy, make mixed longer or fermented a bit longer as it proofs. I enjoyed these doughnuts and my buddy drove 45 miles to gift these to us. Truly a treat! I liked the standard glaze the most but the others like raspberry. I would love to try these fresh off the fryer.

We only came here because a friend told us we had to. We were in Philly for work and this place is kind of out of the way, but it's worth it! My husband and I shared: - Blueberry Doughnut - Panettone Doughnut - Doughnut Crumb Cake I wouldn't get the crumb cake again, but the doughnuts were phenomenal. I love doughnuts and these are the second best doughnuts I've ever had. They were moist and had the perfect texture. We got there around 12 and several things were sold out, but they still had a decent amount left. I'd get there earlier if you want the full selection. I wish it wasn't so far from Philly, but even so, I'll probably still be back on my next trip.

I was debating between giving this place either 4 or 5 stars, but ultimately decided on 5 stars. I will preface this by saying I loved this place when there was a location in Northern Virginia, and it was definitely my favorite doughnut shop. I would say that is the main thing driving this 5 star review, because this particular experience was closer to 3 or 4 stars, mostly because of one of the doughnuts we were given. We aren't from the Pennsylvania area, but we made a detour on our longer trip to pick up some of the doughnuts here. We ordered for pickup, and upon arrival, we were greeted very warmly by the owner (I think) of the shop. He was super friendly and kind, and he was very happy to help us pick out more doughnuts. The doughnuts are probably the prettiest doughnuts I have ever seen. And the flavors are super creative, along with the types of doughnuts they sell. While I really liked some of the doughnuts we were given, like the clusters and the cruller, there was one doughnut in particular that was very disappointing (in the picture, it is the doughnut in the box to the right, bottom left). I am not even sure what flavor it was, but it had a weird fermented taste to it, like I was drinking straight up alcohol. I am not sure if that was how it was supposed to taste, but it wasn't very good at all. The rest of the doughnuts were solid though. I would definitely come back here because of how much I loved these doughnuts in the past, but I would have to steer away from that one doughnut in particular.

Too expensive and the doughnuts are tasteless. Would not recommend. Cream was not sweet

Delicious shop with such a great variety of doughnuts. Many different doughs and toppings and you won't find any other place like it!

My friend has been following the owners for many years when they started as food bloggers. The donuts here are unique and delicious. I also love their egg cream. (Flavored sparking water with condense milk?) Their spin on the classic donut is mind blowing. You'll find your original yeast donuts, cake donuts, French crullers, all the way to ones like churro donuts, babka donuts, hot cakes (inspired by the fluffy Japanese pancake) and more. The choices are limitless and the amount of creativity and thoughts put into creating these magical donuts is insane! However, they did open recently so the availability and menu options are limited for now. They are still trying to figure out how to scale their selections and also introduce more savory items. They currently have chicken sandwich and onigiri. You can only purchase whichever type of donut they choose to bake on the day of. Owner did mention best time to come is around 9am so you can get a good selection of donuts. When we were here on a Saturday they sold out around 11:30am. I also love how they don't use any artificial food coloring and strive to use natural ingredients on their donuts. They also recycle the donut oil to make into soaps. (Which you can purchase) A shop that sells delicious food and is ECO-FRIENDLY? I'm so impressed. We drove all the way from Philly to try this place. I would definitely say it's worth it if you're a big donut fan. Definitely get your amount worth of donuts too if you're making a trip out of this. There is also nearby trails and lavender farms that makes this a lovely day trip. I can't wait to come again once they figured out how to scale their amazing selection of donuts. Come early as these are donuts you definitely don't want to miss!

Best doughnut I've ever had. The flavors are so well done. You can't go wrong with any of their options. You can tell premium ingredients are used and made with lots of love. Simply put, excellent and absolutely worth it!

How can these doughnuts be so much better than all other doughnuts everywhere? I don't know, but they are. Make a pilgrimage to curiosity and find out for yourself. The cloud doughnut was my particular favorite, but everything we tried was great, and we tried a lot of them. They also sell sourdough bread and focaccia which we didn't try, but they looked good.

Woke up at 7am on a Sunday to drive an hour for these donuts and can't say I regret it. My friends and I got there a little after 9am and it was PACKED- as in line fully out the door. Parking was easy, though. While we waited in line, the staff handed out small cups of coffee for free which was a really nice gesture. The owner also came out and spoke to everyone in line- again, super nice gesture. You can tell how appreciative he was and how passionate he is about his business. Once it was time to order, we were sad to see they were out of a lot of their classics and all they had left were fruity flavors. I'm not a huge fruity donut person but at this point we were committed. We got half a dozen- I can't remember all the flavors but we definitely got passionfruit, lychee strawberry, yuzu strawberry, cherry chocolate, and butterscotch. The two strawberry flavors were my favorites. Even though I would normally not order fruity donuts, I was really impressed with these flavors. I do wish we got to try more types of donuts- their crullers, potato donuts, and sourdough donuts looked so good online. I guess I'll just have to go earlier next time.

I refuse to believe anyone had a one star experience here. I've eaten A LOT of doughnuts and I've never found one better than those at curiosity. Seriously, every last one is insanely good and the staff is always having fun and genuinely seem to enjoy their jobs. You cannot beat this place.

So many fresh options and the servers are just as sweet. Wish they had flavor labels or a daily menu; I get anxiety holding up the line for a full rundown. More vegan varieties, please!

I finally decided to see what all the hoopla was about. It's been about nothing! These donuts are overpriced, small, greasy and the taste is overpowering! If you want delicious donuts, go to Yum Yum in Warminster. Bigger, fluffy donuts, filled with flavor and only $18 a dozen!

Holy Toledo, Batman! That was the best doughnut I've ever eaten! Expensive, but glad they're not sold by weight because each is much more substantial than anticipated when lifted from the box. Moist, perfect cake-like texture and so flavorful that first bite made me slow down to acknowledge just how fruity sweet it was. Astoundingly delicious! All natural ingredients. All natural flavors and colors as a result. Each chomp an explosion of taste with blasts of flavor and subtle undertones from the variety of toppings sprinkled on the glaze and icing. Even the dough itself creating the round body of the d.nut seemed to possess a hidden secret that transposed into more creamy tantalizing taste. True. @$4+ per rounder, they better be exceptional, and I confess to being skeptical that Curiosity Doughnuts were anything more than that - a curiosity. But, I am here to bear witness to the empirical fact that they are far more than just an occasional curiosity. These are best of breed doughnuts that reset the scale of doughnut excellence. They are in a class by themselves. So worth the splurge!

Very good doughnuts, fine service, special flavors, outstanding chocolate and pumpkin

I have enjoyed curiosity donuts for awhile - they used to be at the spring house Whole Foods and then I'd pick them up at Native Cafe in doylestown as well! They had stopped doing donut drops which was upsetting (at first) until I realized they were finally opening their own shop ! They're in furlong right off of York Rd at the old back to the 50s diner. Decent parking although on a Thursday morning at 8am , they were already packed! Grant it, this is only the second week but I was surprised by how many people were waiting on a Thursday. The staff was very efficient and once we were inside got our donuts with ease ! My only suggestion - to make it easier for the staff and customers- would be to put little plaques or sticker or some identifier of donuts so the staff doesn't have to go through them all with each customer. I was trying to listen to the guests ahead of me so the poor staff didn't have to repeat themselves again. Although they were all super happy and had great attitudes ! I'll definitely be back and honestly I'm very happy this is much closer to me now. I can't wait for weekend donut drops. Currently open Thurs-Sun 8-2 or until they sell out, which it seems like is inevitable. Oh great flavor by the way- not anything like you get at any other donut place - They're very cake like and fresh. I'm a sucker for the fruit flavors as they compliment the more subtle donut flavor. They're unbelievably fresh and still warm when you get them - can't beat that ! And my dog approves too , he gobbled his donut up !

The food is labored into a layered, yeasty, sweet treat. Add your favorite flavor. Imagine Japanese Strawberries, milk to dark chocolate, and even a fantastic twist on the kruller. The friendly service is on once you enter the front door. You take on the variety, not just with donuts, but with everything from sandwiches to strata. The ambiance is well-seasoned and tempered. Read, listen to music, or simply take in the well-made treats of Curiosity Doughnuts. It's the environment meant created for you to indulge, a little.

We decided to try Curiosity Doughnuts because there were raving fans AND raving critics. The donuts are definitely the "deep fried" variety and experience (flash forward to the same evening when our extra donuts had saturated the bag with the oil / fat they were fried in)... I understand why there are fans and critics - "to each his own" - so I cannot condemn their doughnut style just because I'm not a fan of funnel cakes or other fried dough products either. The two star rating is for the chaotic, disorganized, and completely unlabeled display of donuts. You have to point to everything that looks "choclatey" to find out what it is and what it isn't... add a couple of families with screaming kids (making it difficult to hear the lengthy description of doughnuts) and you basically just say "yeah I'll take 2 of those and 2 of these" just to get out of there. Is it really that difficult to write the type of doughnut on an index card and stand it up in the tray in the display? At $4 a doughnut, I'd expect something more, both product and experience wise.

Idk why we haven't come here sooner?! Like typical fashion, I like to wait til the hype goes down a bit. First impression, cute little doughnut spot. Very clean, sterile. My only gripe is that there aren't signs or posting about what the doughnut flavors are that are available, but no biggie. The customer service was phenomenal and she walked us through all the different flavors, but again signage might not take as much time as having the employees going over all the flavors. There were some interesting flavors that I am certainly excited to try. My friends have raved about this place esp since they know I prefer more natural foods/ingredients. Very happy to have stopped in this morning & looking forward to another trip back in. I want to try all of them. The hefty price is well worth it for these wonderful doughnuts. Seriously the best I've ever had and I love doughnuts. The cruellers were so light and fluffy like tasty air lol. That is really the only way I can describe it. Next time will get the dozen so can try more but this was for a car trip lol.

The doughnuts are very dense and heavy. They are super expensive also. I think it was close to $50 for a dozen doughnuts.

Absolutely fantastic. I've been a fan since first encountering them at the Stockton Market some years back. The doughnuts are phenomenal! Unique and creative different doughs and flavors and combinations of flavors! Not every flavor is to everyone's taste but I bet they'll have something that's guaranteed to blow your mind. Yes they are more expensive than Dunkin or supermarket doughnuts but... Is there any wonder why? They use far better ingredients and that costs more. I'll pay the extra to avoid the weird chemicals and additives in other places doughnuts any day. When you see a color is because it came from a fruit purée, not a laboratory. These are substantial doughnuts made with cars and premium ingredients. Quite frankly they probably should cost more. As to people complaining that they ran out? They make them fresh daily and they only have so much space to do it in because they can't stockpile them in advance and the product is in demand. People come in and buy multiple dozens. Is frankly amazing they keep stock as long as they do. Making thousands of doughnuts with two dozen different doughs and dozens of glazes, purées, crumbs, etc. is no easy feat. The owners and staff are delightful people who care to an incredible degree about the food they are serving and the people they are serving it to. They are one of a kind and we are blessed to have them here. And I haven't gotten into the savory foods they have served! The Americanized onigiri, the pretzel crusted fried chicken...! Trust. They are amazing. Try the savory, the mango, butterscotch pretzel, Angel pillows, chocolate ocd, cruller, their version of a Boston cream, babka, milk and cookies, I'd better stop or I'll just name them all. You'll thank me later.

Great donuts. They should be for about $30 a donut. Just not motivated enough to pay their outrageous price for a donut.

With all the buzz about this new place, I thought I'd better give it a try. Ordered 6 donuts - $24 (same cost for a couple of 3-egg omelettes at our local breakfast haunt). The doughnuts were good. Not great in our assessment, at least great enough that we couldn't get any better anywhere else, and great enough to justify the pricey order. The final verdict was for the same money we'd rather have a full breakfast or get some delicious pastries at our local bakery. Very friendly and efficient staff, and again, the doughnuts were good. Just not good enough for me to rave about them, or for that matter, justify a return visit. YMMV.

There is nothing like it in the area. Incredible doughnuts with a variety of inventive flavors. This is our favorite place for treats and I appreciate how much effort goes into their items. Worth a drive from anywhere (we travel over 30 mins) for the doughnuts and the staff is incredibly friendly. A local gem that we should all be supporting!

Some of the best, if not the best doughnuts we have ever had. Wonderful flavors and dough styles. Cannot wait to return.

Just checked this place out on a whim.. actually was looking for sourdough bread. Stopped in and had to try a donut... hands down the best donut I've ever had in my life - girlfriend said the same. If you have a sweet tooth this place is a must try.

After passing Curiosity Doughnuts many times, I finally decided to give them a try. The shop was crowded and I was overwhelmed with what looked like hundreds of donuts looking at me. There are no signs in front of the donuts, so you have to ask what is what. With all the noise, not an easy thing to do. I found an employee to help me and decided on the strawberry jelly donut. At $4.00 a donut, I thought, this better be the best donut I have ever eaten. It was OK. The donut itself tasted like fried dough you'd get at a feast or fair, i.e. zeppole, but overfried. The strawberry "jelly" was more of a homemade jam. It tasted good, but there was way too much of it. Instead of being inside the donut, it was poured on top. When you picked up the donut, it literally fell apart because of all the jam. Also, there was some kind of fruit rind in the jam (lemon, I'm guessing) that was hard to chew and had an unpleasent feel in my mouth, which I had to spit out. The donut was covered in some type of sugary crumb, which in my opinion, was not needed. The donut was sugary sweet enough. After eating the donut, I had a bitter, overfried taste in my mouth, even after drinking coffee. The donut's taste was too overpowering. Edit...My husband had lemon powder sugar and we split triple chocolate since I wrote the above review. My husband said the lemon was bitter and greasy. The triple chocolate was very rich, but not sweet. It almost had an alcoholic taste to it, kind of like beer. I was craving chocolate and this one didn't cut it. Would I ever eat a donut from here again? Maybe I'd try other flavors, I don't know. Again, in my opinion, this particular donut was not worth $4.00. For $15 a dozen, I can go to Yum-Yum Donut Shop and get delicious, melt in your mouth, homemade donuts that don't leave an upleasent aftertaste in my mouth.

These are the best doughnuts ever. I make the trip every time I'm in the area. Most doughnuts taste the same, but these are on another level. The inside is moist and they almost melt in your mouth. The owners are fantastic, and they're constantly developing new flavors and doughs.

Like everyone else has stated there's definitely a line for these donuts. I'd like to chalk it up as curiosity (pun intended) to the new shop and their offerings. At first I thought it was really great that they offered a variation of different styles of donuts aka cake and potato. First and foremost these donuts are definitely creative. Sadly the creativeness in their donut variety and flavors didn't equate to a good and tasty treat. Ordered a chocolate donut, birthday cake, fruity pebbles and cookies n cream. Unfortunately I bit into the chocolate donut first and the sourness was inescapable. I was really wondering what the fascination and craze was for these donuts. My bf had the fruity pebble first and he di find it good. But then he tasted the chocolate with the same reaction as mine ... it was inedible! We tried the other two cautiously and while it was sour like the chocolate one it did have a weird after taste. Mine you it was $20 for four donuts and IMO truly not worth it but the staff were very nice. Better descriptions would have been helpful and like others have said they ran out of various choices when we reached the counter so you were kinda force to order what was there. They were running out new varieties but by that time we had already ordered and paid.

Best donuts of my life! Yes, you have to get there early because they do sell out but they are WORTH IT. I've been enjoying Curiosity Doughnuts since their pop-up days at the Princeton Whole Foods and am so happy for them to have a real brick and mortar shop. The doughnuts are so fresh and delicious, made with amazing ingredients like fresh fruit juice, creative flavor combos (yuzu!) and variety of doughs. Alex, the owner, is so fun to talk to about the varieties and you can tell how much love goes into every doughnut he makes. I also love that their tables are upcycled from bowling lanes and how they use leftover fryer oil to make soap. Highly recommend to anyone who loves doughnuts.

Great food and even better service the donuts are amazing we love the apple cider flavor

The. best. doughnut. ever. I'd once had the chance to try them years ago at a popup in a Whole Paycheck. But I remembered how impressive they were back then and could not believe my luck when I found them again. Haven't had the chance since I moved away but found out they do a Friday am popup at Naked Chocolate so I figured the sugar gods were in alignment and went for both. The raspberry/chocolate and Thai Tea donuts were exceptional in flavor, style, color, and dough quality--moist, right out of the oven taste and feel. Unfortunately I have to be back in town in 10 days or so and I will wake up early again so I don't miss out.

These doughnuts are out of this world. They are so amazing. Probably the best doughnuts I have ever had and I'm a doughnut fanatic. So grateful that this place just opened up and isn't far. Definitely my new go to spot!

Drove 5 miles to get there at 11 am. They had no donuts. Zero donuts. 0. I mean, seriously.

I'm not a big fan of doughnuts, but we decided to give it a try. I got a "cloud" doughnut - and the only thing I could say after the first bite was .. WOW! The doughnut melted in my mouth. It was delicious and very light. It wasn't greasy or too sweet, just delicious. The coffee was very good. After eating doughnuts, I usually feel like I had a 'belly bomb', but that wasn't the case with this doughnut - my stomach was fine. These doughnuts are special - nothing like a Dunkin' - pretty much perfect. There is a wide variety available - a bit confusing at first, but the counter people are helpful.

So the doughnuts are incredible. I'm not a huge "donut" person- I don't like all those places with customizable icings etc; these are different. These donuts are all different baked goods with creative textures and flavor combos. I'm always impressed. As to the actual storefront- they really did a great job renovating the space, but I'm disappointed by the way service operates. There is no posted menu of the available treats. They don't even have labels like at an ice cream shop: you have to walk down the entire line of 30+ varieties and be verbally told the types of donuts with no way of remembering them all. As the line fills up behind you there is pressure to be quick so you can't think about what you want.

Amazing donuts unlike any others. The place is always hopping and the different variety of donuts makes choosing sooooo difficult. Get there early to get the best selection. These donuts rock!

Tried these donuts for the first time, will stick with our local donut place. Not worth the money. They were very tart and didn't care for the dough. One and done!

I went there and got 4 donuts for my family and none of us ate ours because they were practically all dough and raw. Very disappointed because they sounded like they would be great.

I loved when they were in Whole Foods Spring house - they always had enough donuts even on a busy weekend morning. They were always pricey and these donuts can certainly be considered "premium" and worthy of a slightly higher price but now $48 for a dozen donuts I paid this week is highway robbery!! I hate to say it but I think they've lost their way a bit with the new store - numerous kickstarters to raise money to open the business, now selling out hours early with no way to call ahead to check availability.. and then charging $4 per donut?!? The donuts are definitely good but I cannot justify spending 4x the cost from other donut shops and also risk showing up to a line or slim selection so won't be coming back.

It's ridiculous for a donut place to run out of donuts like 3 hours before they close. I have tried one of the donuts and they were very good. My wife loved the babka donut as well. They need to do a better job of having an adequate supply of donuts.